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Clinical and Community Engagement and Partnership (includes state/territorial/county MCH agencies and how they work with each other and/or with clinical side or community orgs locally)

Collaborating for Collective Impact

Sunday, May 7, 2023

5:15 PM – 7:30 PM CST

Author(s)

Danielle Chiang, PhD (she/her/hers)

Director of Maternal and Child Health Program, Applied Research
The University of Missouri Kansas City - Institute for Human Development
Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Co-Author(s)

Emma Sexton, MSW, MPH (she/her/hers)

Senior Research Assistant
The University of Missouri Kansas City - Institute for Human Development
Lake Winnebago, Missouri, United States
Martha J. Smith, MSN, RN

Missouri MCH Director
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Jefferson City, MO, United States
Nina Nganga, MPH (she/her/hers)

Missouri Title V and MCH Coordinator
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States

The Missouri Maternal Health Multi-Sector Action Network, established in March 2022, is led by MCH leadership at the DHSS and facilitated by the University of Missouri-Kansas City Institute for Human Development. The overarching goal of this Action Network is to develop a sustainable statewide infrastructure to coordinate and strengthen services and supports available to the increasing number of mothers and children affected by substance use. The Action Network is comprised of over 160 stakeholders from all levels – clinical, social services, behavioral health as well as mothers with lived experience. The Network has also identified five Missouri-specific priority areas that stakeholders are addressing on an individual level to develop strategic action plans.